Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of censored music videos


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was DELETE. Buck  ets  ofg 22:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

List of censored music videos

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Delete - indiscriminate list with far too broad criteria for inclusion. Any music video that has so much as a single word bleeped by any of the listed stations is subject to inclusion. Limiting the list to just those listed stations is improperly POV as there is little or no justification for including some videos censored on some shows/stations and not others so paradoxically the list is simultaneously too broad and too narrow in scope. The article is completely unsourced and it's doubtful that reliable sources could be found for most of the entries (partcipants on the talk page even note that they have conflicting memories of seeing the videos censored vs. uncensored. Noting some of the videos as "extremely offensive" is also impermissably POV. Otto4711 23:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral, leaning delete properly referenced and with clearer criteria for inclusion, I don't think that it would be such a horrendous list. But I agree, the current list is ridiculous. I think the lead sentence "If the video's title is in bold, this means that the video is extremely offensive." is pretty funny. In a bad way... Pascal.Tesson 00:17, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I would have to agree with the analysis by the nom. I also see no reason why this is limited to north america (although doing so does narrow the overbroadness that was noted). Agent 86 01:34, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and extend Is this suddenly everybody's solution to every problem on Wikipedia? Can't we just extend the list of music stations? - Ndrly 06:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Extending the listed stations does not address the remaining problems with the article. Otto4711 22:52, 30 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per above. Unverifiable and indiscriminate; if a music video sparked major controversy or was sensored by many stations, write about it in the article for the song. I don't see the point of collecting censored videos in a list like this. Graham 87 09:57, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep It's valid and factual. Censorship exists and can be documented. There are plenty of other lists on Wiki that are allowed to stay simply because of their popularity and not based on the validity of their editors' arguments for existence (see the absolutely worthless and misguided, vague and deceptive lists/POV and nonsense at the "Hollywood North" page which is really just advertising for the Canadian film industry). That page is allowed to exist even though there is no documented clear use of the term "Hollywood North" which is just a bastardization and cannibalization of the true, original Hollywood, California name. Donteatyellowsnow
 * Existence of one article has no bearing on whether another should exist. If you believe that an article should be deleted, you can nominate it. Your arguments do not address the merits of this article, and it is this article that is the topic of discussion. Otto4711 22:52, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.